Lady&#39;s hat-pin.



' W. I. MACOMBER.

LADYS HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED Arms, 1911.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.y

QQ L WILLIAM I. IVIACOMBER, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

LADYS HAT-PIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Application filed. April 13, 1911. Serial No. 620,848.

T o @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLiAixr I. MAcoM- eiin, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State ot' Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Impr vements in Ladies Hat-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a ladys hat pin with means to prevent the point of the pin, when worn upon the hat, from accidentally piercing and causing serions injury to others, and to have the pin-point serve as a guard against loss of the pin when in use by the wearer.

My invention consists of a long straight tube to serve as the body portion of the hat-pin; a solid conical pinpoint whose larger end is pivotally connected to one end of the body portion of the pin; a spring-pressed rod within the body portion to hold the pin-point in a locked position parallel with the said body portion, and means to unlock and hold the pin-point at a right angle position to the said body portion of the pin.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ladys hat-pin, as constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the hat-pin, showing the parts embodying my improvements. Fig. 3 is an end view of the pin, with its head part removed, and showing the linger-presser for operating the locking means for the point portion of the pin. Fig. t is a detail section, showing the point portion as locked to the body portion of the pin, and also indieating by dotted lines, the unlocked position of the pin-point, and, Iiig. 5 is a similar view, showing the bifurcated joint connection between the body portion and point portion of the pin.

Like reference characters indicate like parts.

Referring to the drawings, c, designates a long straight tubular member, which serves as the body portion ofthe hatpin, and one end of this member is slotted longitudinally so as to leave two ears o1, al, to receive a fixed pin a2 therethrough.

, is the point portion of the hat-pin, and

this member is round and solid and of the usual tapering form, and said member has its larger end reduced on each side so as to leave a centrally projecting ear 1 to fit between the ears al, al of the member o, and is pivotally mounted on the pin a2 of the latter, and said ear 1 is provided with a conical aperture b2 extending centrally with the longitudinal center of said member o.

A tubular sleeve c surrounds the front end. of the body portion a and made fast thereon, and said sleeve is provided with an exterior screw-threaded portion, as at c1, to engage the threaded opening of a hub ci, which is secured in any suitable manner upon the usual head e of the hat-pin and said sleeve is slotted centrally and l0ngitudinally through its threaded portion, as at points c2, c2, to permit lateral movement of a member f. This member f has a Central collar f1 to fit the bore of the sleeve c andvsaid collar is made fast upon a rod g, which extends nearly the full length of the tubular member a and terminates with a conical point g1 to fit within the aperture b2 of the pin-point member b, and said member f has two oppositely-disposed fingerbranches f2, f2 to enable withdrawal of the rod g from engagement with the member b.

An expanding coil spring 7L is interposed. between the bottom of the hub CZ and collar of the member f, to cause the rod g to firmly hold the 'pin-point Z) in a normal locked position, inv the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

After the pin, constructed as described, has passed through the hat the presser member f is forced to the dotted position shown in Fig. 2, to unlock the pin-point b, when the latter is then swung to the dotted position shown in Fig. l, after which the tension of the spring causes the rod to impinge against the side of the pin-point, in the manner shown in Fig. t.

It is evident that by my construction and arrangement of parts I produce a hat-pin that contains in itself all that is necessary to accomplish the objects intended, to avoid injury by the projecting pin-point, and to prevent displacement and loss of the pin, when worn on the hat.

What I claim and desire to; secure by Letters-Patent, isi l. In a ladys hat-pin, comprising a tubular member; a tapering pin-point whose larger end is pivotally connected to one end of said tubular member and provided with a conical aperture; an operating rod having a conical end to seatwithin the aperture of j said pin-point; means to hold the rod in engagement with the aperture of said pin-- point When the latter is extended in alinement with said tubular member and to permit the release movement of said pin-point in order that the latter may be swung along side of' the hat.

2. In a ladys hat-pin, comprising a tubuiar member hatfng va bifurcated end; a solid tapering pin-point whose large end is pivotally connected to the bifurcated end of said member and provided with a conical aperture; a sleeve made fast upon the other A end ot said member andsaid sleeve having a screw-threaded portion and provided with slotted openings; a rod within the tubular member having a conical end to fit within the aperture of said pin-point; a member secured on the other end of said rod and having finger-branches projecting through the openings of said sleeve; a hub secured to the pin-head and provided with a screwthreaded opening to engage the threaded portion of said sleeve7 and an expanding coil spring interposed between the said hub and the said last mentioned member.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM I. MACOMBER.

Witnesses C. T. HANNIGAN, JAMES M. GILLRAIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

